What form of figurative language does safire use in lines 8-9 of his speech? "they will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by the nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a mother earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown."

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.